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FublUJwd mvmry Thondar by XUBSKLL D. MUCK. Bubeeripaee Bates PTw tl.00 81s Month... M Three Months .M VOL. XIV. HlMtAV. WHEELER COUNTT, OKEGON, TIIUItSDAY, FJiimUAKV 17, 191 G. NO. 1. TIM COURTCM . U dtrvUd to tki bail taterata f H PR A If M4 WHBKLEH COUNTY, ThellUralpitnm. areuf tbltlm f this Me Man I mpeitf ullr MlMtaL . .,,,. jl-.. ,. .,. m.l, , . , i - - i i WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Arotind the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A KUTSHOI Live News Items of All Nations and :. Pacific-Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Germans capture large section of trench trenchea in Artoia. Portland citizens have raised a fund of over $13,000 for the relief of suffer- ing Jews in Europe. The Willamette river at Portland reaches a 18-foot stage and floods all waterfront basementa. The customs officials at San Fran cisco have seised a totem pole that bears nude pictures and la otherwise indecent. A lone robber near Cheyenne, Wyo., ' enters a Union Pacific train and re lieves 30 passengers of their valuables and escapes. Secretary of War Garrison resigns from President Wilson's cabinet be cause of difference in opinions over the defense program. A liquid which bursts Into flame when poured on paper la believed to have been used by incendiaries who act Are to the Ottawa, Can., parlia ment building. The -Turkish expedition against kgypt appears to have been postponed. pending completion of the railroad which ia being constructed to the Egyptian frontier. Twenty members of the Elks Club at rort Dodge, la., were trapped in the club rooms and were rescued with ladders by the Are department, when a gas explosion in a three-story building caused damage amounting to 195,000, The Navajo Indiana are dancing their war dance and threatening to at tack white settlers in Northeastern Arizona, in retaliation for the slsying of one of their number recently by po licemen, according to two cowboys from Utah. . ' According to the decision of the Na tional Association of Merchant Tailors, the ideal American's measurement should be, height, 6 feet 6 inches; chest, 38 inches; waist, 83 inches; hips, 89 inches; thigh, 21 inches; calf,, 14i inchea; head measure, one eighth of the full length of the body; ' loga straight and feet arched. , " Germany and Austria, through their embassies fr Washington, have notified the United States of their intention to treat armed merchantmen as war ships after March 1. That date was fixed to give the entente allies time to signify their intentions toward the re . .cent note of 'the United States pro posing the disarmament f, all mer- chant men, ' Two hundred of a distinguished list of 400 banqueters who 'attended a dinner given to Chicago's new Cath olic archbishop, Most Reverend George William Munderlein, were taken ill of ptomaine poisoning after the soup . course. , The archbishop did not par take of tho Boup, nor did Governor Dunne,' who was. .among those present and both escaped, ',M I . New York murders during 1915 were 246, in 1914., 257. . 1 Large rebc forces, of China have 'been defeated at Ping Shan, Washington's stand on the Lusitania case with Germany isf unaltered. '; Colonel Hepburn, ex-representative from Iowa, dies of heart trouble. Evening dress this season Is to be -ff ywfro colored .with lavender vests. Orissa bound from Chile to Liverpool. An air mail route from Fairbanks to ...nil WltklBU .1 11V. f Xjfc'tolgcedespartment. r ' Colonel House, President Wilson's .. personal advisor, Who visited Euro pean belligerents, is returning' home. " ' Liner Harvard in dense fog in San Francisco bay, tarns steamer Excel sior, which sinks No lives were lost. A war correspondent declares Ger ,5 i,; many ifa dnstigating revolutions in the C.J Far East, toping to keep Japan from aiding, her allies. , , j , ) riParince Oscar of Prussia, fifth son of Emperor William, has been slightly . "a iwounded in the head and ou the upper part of the thigh by shell splinters during the fighting in the .eastern .war theater. J 1 . ; - - . PROPOSE fEDERAL MILITIA PUN Will RAISE 200,000 KEN Washington, D. C. The proposals of the National Guard association for federalization of the state were before the military committee of congress Monday In the form of a bill drafted at the bequest of the senate commit tee. Force is given the regulations contemplated by a provision limiting participation In the Federal pay feat ure to officers, men or organizations complying with certain specified re quirements. The scale of annual pay proposed Is as follows: Msjor generals, 9800; brigadiers, $700; colonels, $000; lieu tenant colonels, $550; majors, $525; captains, $500; first lieutenants, $300; second lieutenants, $250 Enlisted men . would be paid on the basis of 25 per cent of the pay rates of the regu lar army, a private receiving approxi mately $45 a year. The maximum number of troops pro- CAPT. MARK L BRISTOL, Captain Bristol, ehtef of the U. 8. navy's asronautloal bureau, Is likely soon to have under his charge a big fleet of aeroplanes, for Secretary Dan- tela and the general board of the navy have adopted his recommendation that 200 of the air eraft be obtained for the ssrvlce. Congress will be asked to appropriate $2,200,000 for this pur pose. . .., vided for by the bill is 500 for each congressional district or a total peace strength of approximately 200,000, an increase of 70,000 over the present strength of the National Guard. They would form a separate branch of the regular army in time of war when called Into the Federal service. The act would take effect July 1, 1916. The bill provides also for organiza tion of a . junior guard, composed of boys between 12 and 18, available for active service only after every other class of militia had been ml led out The juniors would be divided into two classes, cadets, or those of 15 and above, and cadets of the second class, those less than 15. ., , An enlistment contract would be re quired under which the soldier would bind himself to serve the Federal gov ernment, "within or without the con tinental limits of the United States," for a period of two' years or until dis charged,' should the Guard be called out at any time during his three-year enlistment period. ' prd Will Spend Millions Against Program for National Preparedness Detroit, Mich. It was announced here that Henry Ford Is preparing to launch a country-wide campaign ' of newspaper and' magazine advertising against the program for huge naval and military expenditures before con gress. It wss said Mr. Ford intends soon to carry out his announced . inten tion to devote millions of dollars to an educational campaign against war and preparedness, which he declared to be the first step toward actual war.' . None Of the details of the plan could be obtained at present except that Mr. Ford had been considering the cam pagin for some time and ''that all the people would be reached by it." British Lose Two-Vessels. London Loss of the British - steam ships Springfield and Cedarwood were reported Monday by the admiralty." The Springfield was torpedoed with out warning in the Mediterranean on her way from London to Calcutta. Her crew of 75 were landed at Malta. She was a 425-foot vessel of 5593 tons. . Only two of the crew of the Cedar wood were saved. The place of her sinking was not given. She was a vessel of 654 tons. i SUSPECT ANARCHIST OF BIG POISON PLOT Two Hundred Banqueters Taken Sick When Soup Is Served. CHEf BELIEVED I'M UNI! IN S0ILKE Lives Saved by Custom of Serving Meager PortionsOnly Ounce of Arsenic Used in Food. Chicago "I do not wish to create panic in Chicago," was the cryptic reply of First Deputy Superintendent of Police Schuettler. when asked Mon day to give his views of the plot to poison several hundred prominent Chi cstroans. Schuettler spoke testily and in the tone of a man who is harboring the secret of a great calamity. At the same time he refused to admit that he believed Jean Crones, missing assist ant chef at the University Club, who served the banquet, was the only man who figured In the plot. Two hundred of the distinguished list of 400 banqueters who attended a dinner given to Chicago's new Catholic archbishop, Most Reverend George William Munderlein, were taken ill of poisoning after the soup course. The archbishop did not partake of the soup, nor did Governor Dunne, who was among those present. Indications are that Schuettler is hot on Crones' trail and is gathering evidence of a plot in which Crones was only a unit among a gang of anarchists who planned to kill the distinguished group of men. This was borne oat by the activities of his staff of detec tives;, jlw.. : Two .hours before Health Commis sioner Robertson gave out the report of F. O. Tonney, city chemist, that 3.7 grains of white oxide of arsenic had been found In an analysis of a pint of the poisoned soup served at the banquet, two anarchists were taken into Schuettler's office. Both of the anarchists were ques tioned for more than an hour. . When they had gone Schuettler, in an . inter view, admitted he had reports on Crones for several months. He knows the meetings Crones ' has attended, what he said at those gatherings. He admitted Crones was a red hot "dyed-in-the-wool" anarchist, that he knew Crones' assiociatea, that his detectives have questioned these men. Schuettler made known the fact that Crones at a meetnig of anarchists last May asked the speaker if his study of chemistry he is an amateur chemist would injure his standing in the an archist movement. The speaker's re ply throws some light on the motive of the poison plot. It was this: "Mo, a chemist, couia ao a great deal in the anarchist movement." Two Athletes Drcwced : : i Canoe Hits Eddy ia Willamette Portland, Ore. Two were drowned and six other narrowly escaped drown ing when a Saiem-to-Portland canoeing party of the Portland Rowing club struck the whirling rapids and eddies Off Rock Island in the Willamette river Ave miles south of Oregon City Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The drowned were Charles Kirk- patrick,' 660 East Madison street, 22 years of age, a clerk in the clearing house at the First National bank, and Harry Gammie, S3 years of age, pay ing teller in Ladd & Tilton bank, and an . athlete of considerable repute, whose residence was ' 348 'East Six teenth North. Both were athletes of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club and expert canoeists of the Portland Rowing club. The accident came at a sudden turn ing-point in ' a heretofore uneventful trip down the Willamette from Salem. About midway through the eddies the-canoe in which Gammie and' Kirk Patrick were ' struggling suddenly turned over and dumped them into the river. ' Both began a desperate strug gle against the water, but their efforts Beejned to be of little avail, the water being .. .swift and, the "undercurrent tremendous. ' , - 206,000 Belgians Shod. New York i- The Commission for Relief in Belgium announced Sunday that since the beginning of its winter campaign it had sent 296,000 pairs of shoes to, the destitute of Belgium and Northern France. Of these 100,000 were for women, 60,000 for children, 48,000 for boys, 48,000 for girls and 40,000 for men. The commission bought $25,000 worth of leather to be cut ,Dp arid ticked ' onto wooden soles and to repair old shoes. ASTORIA COMMITTEE ACTIVE . fOR LOCATION Of NAVAL BASE ' Astoria, Ore. A representative committee of citizens of this city are prosecuting a vigorous campaign or the location of a government naval base of the first class at or near the mouth of the Colmubla river, i. The csmgalgn Is predicated on the broad claim that the Columbia river is the logical location for the third Pa- elflc Coast naval base of the first class; hat it is capable of admitting and ac commodating the largest vessels of the United States navy; that it is the port of entrance for. the greatest interland of the Pacific coast; that it is the shortest and most mobile from the Pa cific to the Atlantic; that it has tribu tary to it, easy of assembly, all ma terials necessary for ' the maintenance of a naval station; that it can be most easily mined and fortified for defense and for the operation of battleships, scout cruisers and submarines; that for the government to neglect to ade quately equip it as a naval base of the LORD BROOKE Lord Brooke Is In command of the Canadian forces that have proved themsslyss ao brave and effective In first class, and to fully fortify it, is to leave the logical point of attack open to the mercy of a hostile fleet. This is a move in line with the non partisan preparedness program of the general government, and is a serious effort to safeguard the lives and prop erty of the citizens of the Pacific Northwest. It is argued that the equipment of the Columbia river as outlined, is absolutely necessary for the protection of the Northwest coast of the United States,, including Puget Sound and the large naval investments at Bremerton. .-'. Boiled down, the' argument, as set forth by the chairman of the Astoria committee. F. C. Harley, is as follows The Columbia can and should be made as impregnable as the Darda nelles or the Keil canal. This can be accomplished by fortifi cations at its entrance and close within its harbor and by the maintenane of mines and submarines. ' The Columbia Bhould have the ad ditional arm of a naval base of the first class for speedy, mobilized re sistance of attack-by a foreign fleet at any part of our coast line from an Francisco to the Straits of Juan de Fuca. ' ' Our fleet at Puget Sound would be bottled up in the event of war .with Great Britain or her allies, - and with the Columbia river as the point of con centration of a large reserve it would be possible to speedily send a fleet to its relief, either to the Sound or to other points on the coast as far' as-the Southern Oregon line. : . . The Columbia has . transcontinenal rail lines and highways reaching di rectly' by watergrade into the interior, providing facilities for easy and expe ditious- movement Of supplies and troops. , , ; : i The Columbia river basin . contains about one-third of the available unde veloped waterpower of the United States, and ia rich In undeveloped ni trates for the manufacture of explo sives, v Considerable coal deposits lie within its confines or aye directly trib utary to it. ; , These resources, available xor our own miantenance and ' defense, would, in the present . unprotected and help less condition of the Columbia river, be of immense advantage to an attack ing force, and easy of capture. 1 Carranza Men In Mutiny. : T.aiwln Tex.A " mutinv in Nuevo Laredo among the troops of the de fac to government caused the closing of the international bridge between this place and the Mexican town. About 50 shots were fired and much alarm wu rwaainnoH here. Cfinsorshin '.es tablished by the municipal authorities prevented the full facts from oecommg known, although it was said the mutin-' ous troops had been captured and that loyal men were patrolling the town. ") - -Jsvfsq ?' ' ' K ii.irrTtjrJt'"'K''wawil?' ' i " . 'w TZ- - - MICE DO MUCH INJURY TO FARM CROPS V0 ' j fr' Rose Hedge Injured by Field -Mice. Young Pear Tree Destroyed by Field Mice. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Pine mice occur throughout the eastern portion of .the United States, and do much harm to fruit and orna mental trees and shrubs, as well as to garden produce and other farm crops. Pine mice are seldom seen on ac count of their molelike habits, for they live in. their own underground 1 1' V 4: TV . 4: i Apple Tree Injured by Meadow Mice. burrows, or in mole runways. The Dresence of these mice In - mole bur rows can usually- be detected by an occasional -opening that they make to the surface from the fun way.- Pine mice are not so prolific as their near relatives, the meadow mice,, but pro tected as they are by thefr under ground habits;- they sometimes become abnormally , abundant This is espe cial apparent In states where hawks piling the Porkers. Pnr dnntrovlnic lice there "is no better remedy IB ah" a" niddern hog oiler "or dipping tank.. In the absence of these a hrid (tnraver Is the most effective way of applying the oil. By confining the animals in a closed pen the scram bling -of the hdes over one another will get the oil to all parts of the body. As this will not destroy the eggs two later applications are necessary..;'. Scatter Air-Slaked Lime. Intimately mix a gill of crude car bolic acid with a Quart of dry. air- slaked lime. Dust the dry lime over every nart of the poultry bouse on the walls, in the nests, over the roosts and over the vards. It will be found an excellent disinfectant and will de- more to destroy the germs oi disease, and with as little cost, than anything else that can be tried. Make Hens Comfortable. Of course. It ia unpleasant to leave a warm fire and go out and shovel the arinw from the oath to the poultry house, to make things comfortable for the hens these stormy days. J 1 i sUt . , s, r ""a J and owls, which are enemies of these rodents, are continuously persecuted. The mice live upon roots, seeds, suo culen vegetation and bark of young ... trees, and are very destructive to sweet potatoes and other tubers, as well as to trees, and shrubs. . . . The most practical method of con trolling this pest is by poisoning. Sweet potatoes cut into small pieces have proved to be the most effective bait They are prepared as follows: Sweet potato bait Cut sweet pota ; toes into pieces about the size of large ' grapes. Moisten four quarts of these and drain off excess moisture. Slowly sift over them one-eighth of an ounce of powdered strychnine (alkaloid), using a pepper box or salt shaker for the purpose, and stir constantly to dis tribute the poison evenly.' ' '. " One or two pieces of the poisoned sweet potatoes should be dropped into the tunnels through the natural open, ings, or through openings made with a stick. A systematic use of this poison invariably results in an almost complete extermination of pine mice. These pests are also easly trapped, but owing to the extra time and labor re quired, this method does not compart favorably with poisoning. ,., USE OF A MANURE SPREADER When Used Judiciously . Increased Yield In Crops Will Pay for De- . vice Within Short Time. If you haven't time to haul out the manure from the barns and corrals and spread it In the. old-fashioned way with a pitchfork, buy a manure spread er and do it right L If you will use it judiciously, the In creased yield in crops .will more than pay the cost Within two seasons, and the spreader, well cared for, will last for many years,; , You cannot become an efficient farm er and realize the maximum returns from your time ' and labor without good .implements. Msrket Poultry. French poulterers use considerable care in preparing carcasses for the market. In fact, they are experts In that. line. They, not only know how to stuff fowls to get a plumper car cass, but they whiten and mold and manipulate the fowls after killing, un til they look almost good enough to be eaten without further preparation. To Get Rid of Twig Blight. To help in controlling twig blight in fruit trees get rid of all old, useless pear, apple or wild fruit trees, prune out badly blighted twigs and cut away blighted spots . on , trunks or large limbs. . Have ' Poultry' House Dry. . If the poultry nouse is perfectly dry, and by that we mean the ground under and above it, the chickens will not suffer from the cold. Storing Squashes. Squashes should be stored ia a dry place at a temperature of about 51 degrees. Do not lay more than oiu deep on shelves.